#PoliticalEpistemology
"...justifying democracy to a die-hard Stalinist or a white supremacist terrorist on their terms and appealing only to their values would lead to less success than playing chess with a pigeon"

Rereading, I still get joy from publishing that😅
#Epistocracy #Epistemology #Rawls #PoliticalEpistemology
(PDF) KNOWLEDGE AND DEMOCRACY: ARE EPISTEMIC VALUES ADVERSARIES OR ALLIES OF DEMOCRACY?
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December 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Power isn’t just who decides — it’s who defines reality.

My thesis, “The Epistemic Architecture of Power”, maps how knowledge control sustains authority & how to reform it.

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#EpistemicJustice #KnowledgeGovernance #PoliticalEpistemology #PoliticalTheory
The Epistemic Architecture of Power
How Knowledge Control Sustains Authority in Social Structures
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August 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
📚 Andrei Bespalov 📚
Postdoctoral Fellow, Pompeu Fabra University @upf.edu

🧠 Andrei’s research focuses on political epistemology.

✨ Learn more about Andrei's work here: t.ly/e4u9q

#PoliticalPhilosophy #PoliticalEpistemology
February 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Rather than managing natural resources in the #commons #conservation efforts were through private actors, situating these NGOs outside of the political realm in Namibian conservation governance

#politicalecology #environmentalpolitics #politicalepistemology #politicsofknowledge
January 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
In this paper, knowledge that is produced about #wildlifeconservation is constructed under the aegis of private property indicating a shift from conservation as a public good to a private good

#politicalecology #environmentalpolitics #politicalepistemology #politicsofknowledge
January 1, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The NGOs are on private, freehold commercial farms with captive species. This context required this research consider the role of private property & private property rights in the spatial production of #conservation knowledge claims

#politicalecology #environmentalpolitics #politicalepistemology
January 1, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This article argued the #geopolitics underlying the production of problematic information in #wildlife #conservation #volunteer programs resulted in informational, economic, epistemic, and power asymmetries

#politicalecology #environmentalpolitics #politicsofknowledge #politicalepistemology
January 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The rise of #misinformation #posttruth & #fakenews online highlights the importance of examining political communication in #conservation

#politicalecology #environmentalpolitics #politicalepistemology #politicsofknowledge
January 1, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Lorraine Daston was recently awarded the #Balzan Prize. @faznet.bsky.social takes this occasion to highlight her work on the history of objectivity and its value in light of the recent pandemic. 🗞️ (paywall, in German)

🔗 bit.ly/3OCcJHU

#HistSci #Daston #PoliticalEpistemology
Verleihung des Balzan-Preises an Lorraine Daston
Ehrenhalber in Rom: Unter dem Eindruck der Pandemie spitzt die frisch gekürte Balzan-Preisträgerin Lorraine Daston ihre Theorie der Objektivität medienkritisch zu.
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December 6, 2024 at 10:41 AM
Department "Knowledge Systems and Collective Life" is hiring a Postdoc!

🎓 Proposed projects should be related to the topic "From Trust in Science to Knowledge in Relation."

🗓️ Deadline: January 3, 2025
🔗 bit.ly/4eDRUq4

#AcademicFreedom #STS #PoliticalEpistemology
November 29, 2024 at 11:13 AM
New article on epistemic territorialization suggests widening the #politicalecology lens to include #PoliticalEpistemology & account for the role of private property, private property ownership, & absolute private property rights in local & global #conservation

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Geopolitics of Problematic Information: Epistemic Territorialization and Wildlife Conservation Volunteering in Namibia
This article describes how power—socioeconomic, epistemic, and political—is harnessed and maintained through information exchanged under the aegis of private property. What was “real” in conservati...
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November 18, 2024 at 7:23 PM